Hepatocyte Toll-Like Receptor 5 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Protects Mice Against High-Fat DietâInduced Liver DiseaseSummary

Background & Aims: Innate immune dysfunction can promote chronic inflammatory diseases of the liver. For example, mice lacking the flagellin receptor Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) show microbial dysbiosis and predisposition to high-fat diet (HFD)-induced hepatic steatosis. The extent to which hep...

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Main Authors: Lucie Etienne-Mesmin, Matam Vijay-Kumar, Andrew T. Gewirtz, Benoit Chassaing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352345X1630039X
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author Lucie Etienne-Mesmin
Matam Vijay-Kumar
Andrew T. Gewirtz
Benoit Chassaing
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Matam Vijay-Kumar
Andrew T. Gewirtz
Benoit Chassaing
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description Background & Aims: Innate immune dysfunction can promote chronic inflammatory diseases of the liver. For example, mice lacking the flagellin receptor Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) show microbial dysbiosis and predisposition to high-fat diet (HFD)-induced hepatic steatosis. The extent to which hepatocytes play a direct role in detecting bacterial products in general, or flagellin in particular, is poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated the role of hepatocyte TLR5 in recognizing flagellin, policing bacteria, and protecting against liver disease. Methods: Mice were engineered to lack TLR5 specifically in hepatocytes (TLR5ÎHep) and analyzed relative to sibling controls (TLR5fl/fl). TLR5 messenger RNA levels, responses to exogenous flagellin, elimination of circulating motile bacteria, and susceptibility of liver injury (concanavalin A, carbon tetrachloride, methionine- and choline-deficient diet, and HFD) were measured. Results: TLR5ÎHep expressed similar levels of TLR5 as TLR5fl/fl in all organs examined, except in the liver, which showed a 90% reduction in TLR5 levels, indicating that hepatocytes accounted for the major portion of TLR5 expression in this organ. TLR5ÎHep showed impairment in responding to purified flagellin and clearing flagellated bacteria from the liver. Although TLR5ÎHep mice did not differ markedly from sibling controls in concanavalin A or carbon tetrachlorideâinduced liver injury models, they showed exacerbated disease in response to a methionine- and choline-deficient diet and HFD. Such predisposition of TLR5ÎHep to diet-induced liver pathology was associated with increased expression of proinflammatory cytokines, which was dependent on the Nod-like-receptor C4 inflammasome and rescued by microbiota ablation. Conclusions: Hepatocyte TLR5 plays a critical role in protecting liver against circulating gut bacteria and against diet-induced liver disease. Keywords: Innate Immunity, TLR5, Hepatocytes, Inflammation, Steatosis
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spelling doaj.art-eec21a7620114fc0afad393f3f80c70e2022-12-21T17:56:21ZengElsevierCellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology2352-345X2016-09-0125584604Hepatocyte Toll-Like Receptor 5 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Protects Mice Against High-Fat DietâInduced Liver DiseaseSummaryLucie Etienne-Mesmin0Matam Vijay-Kumar1Andrew T. Gewirtz2Benoit Chassaing3Center for Inflammation Immunity and Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GeorgiaDepartment of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PennsylvaniaCenter for Inflammation Immunity and Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GeorgiaCenter for Inflammation Immunity and Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia; Correspondence Address correspondence to: Benoit Chassaing, PhD, Center for Inflammation, Immunity, and Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. fax: (404) 413â3580.Background & Aims: Innate immune dysfunction can promote chronic inflammatory diseases of the liver. For example, mice lacking the flagellin receptor Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) show microbial dysbiosis and predisposition to high-fat diet (HFD)-induced hepatic steatosis. The extent to which hepatocytes play a direct role in detecting bacterial products in general, or flagellin in particular, is poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated the role of hepatocyte TLR5 in recognizing flagellin, policing bacteria, and protecting against liver disease. Methods: Mice were engineered to lack TLR5 specifically in hepatocytes (TLR5ÎHep) and analyzed relative to sibling controls (TLR5fl/fl). TLR5 messenger RNA levels, responses to exogenous flagellin, elimination of circulating motile bacteria, and susceptibility of liver injury (concanavalin A, carbon tetrachloride, methionine- and choline-deficient diet, and HFD) were measured. Results: TLR5ÎHep expressed similar levels of TLR5 as TLR5fl/fl in all organs examined, except in the liver, which showed a 90% reduction in TLR5 levels, indicating that hepatocytes accounted for the major portion of TLR5 expression in this organ. TLR5ÎHep showed impairment in responding to purified flagellin and clearing flagellated bacteria from the liver. Although TLR5ÎHep mice did not differ markedly from sibling controls in concanavalin A or carbon tetrachlorideâinduced liver injury models, they showed exacerbated disease in response to a methionine- and choline-deficient diet and HFD. Such predisposition of TLR5ÎHep to diet-induced liver pathology was associated with increased expression of proinflammatory cytokines, which was dependent on the Nod-like-receptor C4 inflammasome and rescued by microbiota ablation. Conclusions: Hepatocyte TLR5 plays a critical role in protecting liver against circulating gut bacteria and against diet-induced liver disease. Keywords: Innate Immunity, TLR5, Hepatocytes, Inflammation, Steatosishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352345X1630039X
spellingShingle Lucie Etienne-Mesmin
Matam Vijay-Kumar
Andrew T. Gewirtz
Benoit Chassaing
Hepatocyte Toll-Like Receptor 5 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Protects Mice Against High-Fat DietâInduced Liver DiseaseSummary
Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
title Hepatocyte Toll-Like Receptor 5 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Protects Mice Against High-Fat DietâInduced Liver DiseaseSummary
title_full Hepatocyte Toll-Like Receptor 5 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Protects Mice Against High-Fat DietâInduced Liver DiseaseSummary
title_fullStr Hepatocyte Toll-Like Receptor 5 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Protects Mice Against High-Fat DietâInduced Liver DiseaseSummary
title_full_unstemmed Hepatocyte Toll-Like Receptor 5 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Protects Mice Against High-Fat DietâInduced Liver DiseaseSummary
title_short Hepatocyte Toll-Like Receptor 5 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Protects Mice Against High-Fat DietâInduced Liver DiseaseSummary
title_sort hepatocyte toll like receptor 5 promotes bacterial clearance and protects mice against high fat dietainduced liver diseasesummary
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352345X1630039X
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